Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1911 — Queen Sets Style for English Women [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Queen Sets Style for English Women

LONDON. —Queen Mary has issued another sumptuary law for the world of fashion. A little while ago she Intimated that ladies wearing the tightly fitting Modern skirt would not be welcome st Buckingham paalce. It is evident that if the queen is unable to lead the fashion, she intends to command it when and where it is in her power, for she has now Issued further orders that no low collared dresses or large hats are to be worn in her presence. These orders of the queen are all in keeping with her well known views and with those of King George. "They have made domesticity the fashion.” was said of them by a fashionable cynic the other day. Al a matter of fact, apart from thsir pressing public engagements, the existence of the royal couple would be described by any member of the smart set of the Edwardian era as positively humdrum. They realise thia.

*T know people think that we are a stuffy couple, but we do not mind that,” the queen said to have remarked a few days ago. If Queen Mary’s expressed views and her example is followed, it is likely there will be a fashion for something much more decorative• in the way of gloves than is furnished by the customary range -of fawn and black and white. Several of the peeresses have followed the queen’s lead and are wearing heavier embroidered or* delicately painted gloves, finished with gold or silver band* or lace edging at the elbows.